November 30, a postcard with a commemorative stamp dedicated to Saint Petersburg was put into circulation in the "2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia™ Host Cities" series

 
The 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ is the 21st FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It is scheduled to take place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018. This will be the first World Cup held in Russia and Eastern Europe.

11 Russian cities will host the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Samara, Saransk, Rostov-on-Don, Sochi, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Nizhny Novgorod and Yekaterinburg.

The postcard depicts the tournament official emblem and footballers at play on the stamp; St Isaac's Cathedral, the Palace Bridge and Saint Petersburg Stadium are featured in the main image.

In addition to the postcard, JSC Marka has produced a special cancellation postmark for Saint Petersburg.

Design: О. Savina.
Circulation: 40 thousand.



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